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The Russian authorities received about 30 requests for assistance in countering the spread of coronavirus infection from African countries. According to the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, during the pandemic, Russia was asked to assist in the fight against COVID-19 by 29 African states and the African Union, TASS reports.
To date, nearly 30,000 units of laboratory materials and more than 8,000 personal protective equipment have been shipped to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Medical multi-purpose modules and components for the creation of two medical complexes were sent to Djibouti. The authorities of South Africa and Guinea received a set of test systems for research.
The representative of the Foreign Ministry added that the possibilities of sending equipment and materials to Guinea through the Rusal company and Rospotrebnadzor are also being studied.
During the pandemic, Russia transferred humanitarian aid (food) to the Union of Comoros and Madagascar.
Earlier, Moscow sent a humanitarian aid batch to Cambodia. Russian test systems designed to diagnose coronavirus were handed over to the Iranian authorities, countries belonging to the Eurasian Economic Union and the CIS.
As part of a charity event, the Russian Peace Foundation sent abroad disposable medical, anesthetic and breathing masks, shoe covers, respirators, electrostatic filters, syringe pumps, defibrillators, and ventilators.
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